Smarden windmill, Kent 🌍


Smarden #2722

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Map/aerial photo of the area around the mill

Cornes Mill|Town Mill: Post mill function:Corn mill - although the cross trees and main post survived for many years (and achieved Listed Building status as such), now only the brick piers exist on site

Entry in Mills Archive database - #2722 - West Mill, Smarden

Listed Building, Grade II: REMAINS OF WINDMILL IN GROUNDS OF MILL HOUSE (listed 1952-09-17)

Details from the English Windmills Photographic Register by Guy Blythman
Smarden Bell, post mill
Photos: (1) Coles Finch (a-b) derelict with 4 sails (2) NMR (a) w/o, n.d (filed under Sandhurst) (b) disused with sails, n.d. (c-d) derelict with sails, April 1934 (e) derelict with sails, April 1936 (f) derelict with sails, May 1940 (g) derelict with sails, 1941 (3) Batten (a) derelict with 4 sails (4) de Little (a) trestle and wreckage (5) Shillingford (a) derelict with 4 sails (6) Country Life 9.4.1953 (a) very derelict with four sails (7) CKS (a-b) w/o (c-g) disused with 4 sails (h) derelict with 4 sails, as Batten (i-j) derelict with 4 sails, as the 2 photos in Coles Finch (k) derelict with 4 sails (l-m) derel-ict with 4 sails, c1950 (n) derelict, c1950 (sails not visible in photo) (o-p) ruined roundhouse and wreckage after collapse (q) windshaft, brakewheel and other wreckage after collapse (8) Rodger, as smock mill (a) w/o, late 1880s (b) collapsed body and ladder on top of roundhouse (c) windshaft and brakewheel on ground after collapse (9) MM (a) derelict with four sails, 1920s or 30s (10) UOK (MC) (a) derelict with 4 sails, April 1932 (b) derelict with 4 sails, July 1932 (c) derelict with 4 sails, August 1932 (d) derelict with 4 sails, February 1940

for information on West Mill, Smarden
Images from Historic England - hover over image to see copyright info, and to enable zoom
A view of West Mill (also known as Cornes Mill or Town Mill), showing the post mill intact but disused
West Mill, Cage Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent
Aug 1932 - Photograph (Nitrate Negative)
Smarden Windmill / Remains Of Windmill In Grounds Of Mill House
Smarden Windmill, Cage Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8QE
9 Feb 2006 - Photograph (Digital)
From the Images of England project


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